Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781451649192)

In a first-of-its-kind collection, award-winning illustrators celebrate the lives of the visionary artists who created the world of comic art and altered pop culture forever.

Sixteen Graphic Novel Biographies of:

- Walt Disney - Dr. Seuss - Charles Schulz - The Creators of Superman - R. Crumb - Jack Kirby - Winsor McCay - Hergé - Osamu Tezuka - MAD creator, Harvey Kurtzman - Al Hirschfeld - Edward Gorey - Chas Addams - Rodolphe Töpffer - Lynd Ward - Hugh Hefner

The story of cartoons--the multibillion-dollar industry that has affected all corners of our culture, from high to low--is ultimately the story of the visionary icons who pioneered the form.

But no one has told the story of comic art in its own medium--until now.

In Masterful Marks, top illustrators--including Drew Friedman, Nora Krug, Denis Kitchen, and Peter Kuper--reveal how sixteen visionary cartoonists overcame massive financial, political, and personal challenges to create a new form of art that now defines our world.

Author: Monte Beauchamp
ISBN-10: 1451649193
ISBN-13: 9781451649192
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 09/02/2014
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.40w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/09/2014
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2014
Library Journal 09/15/2014 pg. 59